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    Which GPU is better? Which would you take?

    280X 3GB I got the MSI R9-270x Gaming 4GB OC....................and I LOVE IT,am sure the R9-280 is as good
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    Dell Latitude D620 Vs. HP DV9000

    Hey guys, I need your help deciding on something. I have a Dell Latitude D620 with the following specs. Intel Centrino Duo 1.66GHZ 4 GB ram PC 6300 (3.25 GB usable) Windows 7 500 GB hard Drive Intel 256MB on board videocard 13.2" screen CD-RW/ DVD and now I have my hands on an HP...
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    Window 7 restarts over and over

    : Mine does one of two things: either the screen will go blank,and just sit there like that ,until I reboot. or it will reboot by itself............no warning,no BSOD,.....it just reboots and goes back to the login screen.
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    Window 7 restarts over and over

    Thanks nboy22,I will download memtest 86,and give it a try.
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    Window 7 restarts over and over

    hey guys, I formatted my main drive clearing the old dual set of XP/Vista Ultimate in favor of windows 7 Ultimate. I have had windows 7 on my laptop for the past 6 months with no hiccups or mishaps.............Moving on. I installed windows 7 ultimate (64bit). got all my updates done,for...
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    Overclocking E6400. PC6400 Vs. PC8500

    I will get to it as soon as I make it home.Thanks again dude for the great advice.
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    Aging E6400 needs replaced in gaming system.

    Like I said. That E6400 is a great little gem. Thank you "MyLeftNut" for seconding that.
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    Overclocking E6400. PC6400 Vs. PC8500

    LOL,I think using the term "free fall" was not quite accurate. What I meant that the prices are cheaper than when I built my rig. as for pushing the CPU a little further,would you suggest? raising the voltage,maybe?
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    Which system to use?

    BD231, It has been talked about in lengths. 2 cores for gaming are much better and practical than 4 cores ,unless you look at the cache onboard. most of games today require 2 cores,and none that I know of need all 4 cores to play them. so save yourself some dough,and spend it on a better...
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    Overclocking E6400. PC6400 Vs. PC8500

    By looking at my specs. in my sig ,you'll see that my E6400 is overclocked to 3.5GHZ. I know my rig is getting long in the tooth,but I would like to squeeze some more juice out of it for a little longer,as i'm planning my next built. now i'm looking at replacing my 4gb pc6400(800mhz) with 4gb of...
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    Which system to use?

    Q6600, any day of the week. AMD might have the numbers,but Intel kicks AMD in the butt when it comes down to pure computing power P.S. wait for it...................wait for it......................Here comes AMD's fan club,lol
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    Aging E6400 needs replaced in gaming system.

    hey there. I don't think there is anything wrong with your E6400. I have built my rig in late 2007 with an E6400 and ran it for awhile at 3.7ghz(ran fine on Vista Ultimate, but kept crashing on XP Pro SP3). then finally ran it stable at 3.50ghz since Jan 2008,until today. If anything,I'm trying...
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    Asus P5 Qc Build help

    Hi I'm doing this for a friend of mine. He got an Asus P5 Qc with Intel Q8300, 4 gigs of ram DDR3, N vidia 9800 OC(512mb). 1 Tb hard drive. We got everything hooked up,and started the rig.......................nothing happened,we checked the wires double checked everything,but still can't find a...
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    Resetting 8800 GTS

    Thank you,airhendrix13, for the reply.I've done that,and all is well now,thanks again :)
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    Resetting 8800 GTS

    Hey guys, I screwed up BIG TIME !!!!! I just got a 2nd 8800 GTS 512 card and installed it on my Nforce 680i mobo. then when it booted I went into the bios and changed the SLI setting to max. when the computer rebooted I got a blank screen.............and the code on the mobo was (05) which...